Rural Life

Our last big storm bought down a gum tree in the stockyards. PC’s new chainsaw was most useful. The ‘team’ was out in force to help. A surprising amount of timber to remove but many hands make light work. Working together the … Continued

We would dearly love to purchase a ride on mower for the boys, but for now it is a dream. Currently our boys are mowing approximately 5 acres with a push mower, taking them around 9 hours to accomplish. In … Continued

PC and I were really committed for Christmas presents to be outside items this year. The boys have been begging for motorbikes, but we weren’t keen. We researched and decided a double off road go-kart/dune buggy would better serve our … Continued

Last Monday evening our much loved dog, Ellowyn (Ellie) was killed. She was caught up under the wheels of a passing car trailer on the Highway and died soon after. We are rather in shock and have spent the week … Continued

Saturday afternoon PC hooted the car horn all the way up from the bush. He was ecstatic:) the milling is finished! Bearers and joists and 1.7km of decking boards for our deck and verandah are cut. PC took the week … Continued

I’ve been rather quiet on updating progress, but we have still been working. Sarking has been nailed on, this is the sight out of my kitchen window. This weekend we were determined to finish the roof, so many ‘not quite … Continued

Since I last posted most of our building time has been taken up with milling, lots of milling. It is hot, hard work and takes 2 to 1.5hours to mill an ironbark log. PC and offsiders are working early in … Continued

Being a builder’s assistant doesn’t mean one can’t dress prettily. It doesn’t hinder the ability to work at all:) Due to rain progress on roofing the end section has slowed. Although we did manage to nail down the sarking and … Continued

Remember back in early December when we had our timber logged? We decided to mill some of that timber ourselves for our verandah and decking. We hired a Lucas Mill and in between extensions PC has tried his hand at … Continued

Progress made during the week included, PC putting the antcaps on the piers. For my overseas readers as I’m suspecting this is an Australian phenomenon, The first step in protecting a house is to prevent termites from gaining access. This … Continued